Pheidole bugi

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Pheidole bugi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole parva)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole bugi
Wheeler, W.M., 1919

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole parva.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • bugi. Pheidole bugi Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 66 (s.w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of parva: Eguchi, Yamane & Zhou, 2007: 262. See also: Eguchi, 2001b: 37.

References

  • Eguchi, K. 2001a. A revision of the Bornean species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Tropics Monogr. Ser. 2: 1-154. (page 37, see also)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 43-147 (page 66, soldier, worker described)